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Okta

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2009publicWebsite @okta
Composite score
39.5
rank #43 · cuts

#43 Cut. Headcount up 3% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
8.0k
+0.9%
90d change
+3.2%
Funding events (90d)
0
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$688k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
13.6%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.0 yrs
—
Time since last raise
—
no rounds on record

Hiring flow · Okta

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
1,911
+10%
Sales
1,130
+15%
Operations
631
+3%
Support
513
+2%
Analyst
324
+6%
Marketing
301
+4%
Product
256
+14%
Sales Engineering
253
+11%
Other
804
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch1mo ago
    Five AI safety sessions every founder should have on their TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 agenda

    Okta's Ric Smith (President of Products and Technology) co-panelists on agent security session; substantive but not primary focus.

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Events

Layoff · 2.61% (158 roles)
Departures in 2024-04: 243 vs 6-mo baseline of 84.5 (2.88× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
39.5
rank #43
2026-10-12
34.6
rank #42
2026-10-05
42.8
rank #44
2026-09-28
25.9
rank #46
2026-09-21
26.5
rank #45
2026-09-14
24.3
rank #46
2026-09-07
21.9
rank #44
2026-08-31
23.3
rank #45
2026-08-24
27.1
rank #44
2026-08-17
24.5
rank #44
2026-08-10
10.0
rank #43
2026-08-03
13.1
rank #44